Sub £400 55" TVs

[neilw]

Just finished decorating our spare room, to turn into a Cinema/xbox/chill out room.

I've not brought a TV for about 7 years. Any recommendations for a sub £400 55" TV.

Hisense looks to be good value, and there are also offerings from LG, Toshiba, Panasonic, Samsung and so on. Sound quality is not an issue, I will be using external speakers

 

[Eurofighter]

I am in a similar position and am thinking LG over Hisense. More apps and better OS.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Spend £1200 minimum or just buy any junk tv at that price range. All the tv's for £400 at 55" brand new will be pretty much crap

 

[chaparral]

Spend £1200 minimum or just buy any junk tv at that price range. All the tv's for £400 at 55" brand new will be pretty much crap

Maybe it be better if the OP went for a secondhand TV at that price range

 

[hornetstinger]

Second hand pioneer plasma?

Cough cough

 

[rubberduck]

All the tv's for £400 at 55" brand new will be pretty much crap

Stop with the elitism please.

 

[200sols]

Stop with the elitism please.

Hardly elitism, what he said is pretty much true.

 

[BlairH]

Stop with the elitism please.

It's not elitism; it's objectively true; at least in terms of buying new.

For that money, you'd do well with a used Pioneer plasma.

 

[DJ85]

A little smaller than you were after but I’m looking at this for my bedroom and it only
Comes in at £329

LG 49UK6300PLB 49" Smart 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR and Freeview Play

 

[Psycho Sonny]

It's not elitism; it's objectively true; at least in terms of buying new.

For that money, you'd do well with a used Pioneer plasma.

pioneer plasma? seriously. its 2019.

i wouldn't recommend anything less than 4K. even if it's a crap panel.

a pioneer could last 10 mins before it blows up. hardly worth risking £400 over

 

[Explosivo]

https://ao.com/product/ue55nu7021-samsung-tv-black-65978-108.aspx

 

[hornetstinger]

pioneer plasma? seriously. its 2019.

i wouldn't recommend anything less than 4K. even if it's a crap panel.

a pioneer could last 10 mins before it blows up. hardly worth risking £400 over

Blu-ray is 1080p so what is the point of 4k? 4k movies are more expensive. Games consoles don't do true 4k a pc at 4k is going to be expensive.

And unless you get a huge screen then you won't tell difference between 1080 and 4k.

Plus.my pioneer plasma looks acr

 

[Wizzfizz]

No need what so ever to spend £1200. Pioneer mmmm, lovely

 

[Wizzfizz]

double post

 

[silverblack]

https://www.richersounds.com/lg-55uk6750pld.html

£424 with code and 6 year guarantee.

 

[OpenToSuggestions]

I've not brought a TV for about 7 years.

I've never brought a TV either. I have bought a few though.

On topic, £400 is really low for a large TV. Are you able to stretch the budget a bit?

 

[rubberduck]

Hardly elitism, what he said is pretty much true.

No it isn't.

 

[rubberduck]

It's not elitism; it's objectively true; at least in terms of buying new.

For that money, you'd do well with a used Pioneer plasma.

Thanks for pointing out it is objectively true, I didn't realise that.

 

[BlairH]

Thanks for pointing out it is objectively true, I didn't realise that.

In most qualitative metrics which go into image quality: Black levels; contrast ratios; viewing angles; colour reproduction -all that good stuff- televisions coming under the £400 mark are going to be at the lower end of what is considered acceptable (if they can be considered acceptable). You largely get what you pay for.

 

[Kenai]

The Hisense H55A6200 reviews reasonably well for a cheap TV, recently got one at work and was pleasantly suprised at the quality for such a cheap bit of kit.